Table 8. Federal obligations for research and development, by agency and performer: FY 2015

(Dollars in millions)

Agency

Total R&D

Intramurala

Extramural

United States and U.S. territories

Foreign

Industry

Industry-administered FFRDCs

Universities and colleges

University-administered FFRDCs

Other nonprofits

Nonprofit-administered FFRDCs

State, local governments

All agencies

128,573.2

34,925.1

47,455.2

3,935.8

27,414.7

3,911.7

6,136.2

3,271.4

487.0

1,036.0

Departments

Department of Agriculture

2,341.0

1,506.7

38.1

0.0

758.2

0.0

25.7

0.0

8.7

3.6

Agricultural Marketing Service

6.8

6.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Agricultural Research Service

1,131.6

1,028.0

0.0

0.0

85.3

0.0

15.1

0.0

0.5

2.7

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

40.2

32.2

0.0

0.0

8.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Economic Research Service

85.1

62.4

16.6

0.0

4.9

0.0

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

Foreign Agricultural Service

0.6

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.4

0.0

*

0.0

0.1

0.0

Forest Service

331.8

296.0

0.4

0.0

25.0

0.0

2.8

0.0

6.8

0.8

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

6.0

6.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

National Agricultural Statistics Service

9.3

7.6

0.0

0.0

0.7

0.0

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

National Institute of Food and Agriculture

726.1

67.5

21.0

0.0

633.0

0.0

3.3

0.0

1.3

0.0

Rural Business-Cooperative Service

3.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

0.0

2.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

Department of Commerce

1,331.3

994.6

61.7

0.0

218.3

3.4

30.8

6.2

15.0

1.4

National Institute of Standards and Technology

633.9

515.1

54.2

0.0

48.6

0.0

8.5

6.2

0.1

1.2

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

543.5

325.7

7.4

0.0

169.7

3.4

22.3

0.0

14.9

0.1

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

12.3

12.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

U.S. Census Bureau

141.6

141.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Department of Defense

61,513.5

20,179.8

35,838.9

336.4

2,429.1

337.4

521.3

1,240.3

7.9

622.5

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

2,815.6

226.8

1,966.6

11.7

377.8

48.2

136.6

23.9

0.0

24.1

Department of the Air Force

22,320.1

2,666.2

18,005.2

83.7

361.9

48.4

128.1

851.2

5.1

170.2

Department of the Army

6,764.3

3,364.9

2,971.4

3.3

335.2

9.5

25.0

41.6

0.0

13.4

Department of the Navy

15,489.6

6,385.1

7,854.0

71.1

804.6

63.5

95.1

130.1

1.8

84.4

Other defense agencies

14,123.9

7,536.8

5,041.7

166.6

549.6

167.9

136.4

193.5

0.9

330.4

Department of Education

251.3

10.7

6.4

0.0

178.1

0.0

56.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

Department of Energy

11,391.0

1,071.7

2,088.6

3,133.0

1,077.6

1,953.7

239.0

1,805.5

20.1

1.9

Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy

241.6

0.0

89.9

12.6

109.5

1.7

23.4

4.3

0.0

0.0

Bonneville Power Administration

15.6

9.2

3.7

0.4

1.2

0.0

0.0

1.1

0.0

0.0

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability

97.2

3.2

6.4

15.2

23.2

13.1

13.6

22.2

0.3

0.0

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

1,079.2

0.0

213.1

117.8

109.2

152.1

0.0

486.0

1.1

0.0

Environmental Management

25.1

*

*

9.2

9.5

1.5

0.0

4.7

0.1

0.0

Fossil Energy

524.0

162.9

126.3

28.5

65.0

22.1

74.4

26.0

18.6

*

National Nuclear Security Administration

4,271.3

222.9

1,320.4

2,562.3

4.3

19.7

98.3

43.5

0.0

0.0

Defense Programs

2,975.3

169.5

299.4

2,402.0

0.0

7.1

97.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

Naval Reactors

1,083.4

51.8

962.3

69.2

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

Nuclear Nonproliferation

212.7

1.6

58.7

91.1

4.3

12.5

1.1

43.4

0.0

0.0

Nuclear Energy

728.1

429.1

25.8

136.4

47.6

22.4

0.0

66.5

0.0

0.3

Office of Science

4,409.0

244.4

303.0

250.5

708.0

1,721.1

29.3

1,151.1

0.0

1.6

Department of Health and Human Services

30,272.1

6,644.2

1,519.0

421.7

16,868.7

21.7

4,319.6

25.1

186.0

266.2

Administration for Children and Families

2.2

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.8

0.0

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Administration for Community Living

76.0

0.0

3.6

0.0

72.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

364.0

82.5

140.9

0.0

107.3

0.0

33.1

0.0

0.1

0.0

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

1.8

1.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

489.3

186.0

29.1

0.0

158.2

1.2

31.2

0.0

60.9

22.7

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

24.0

*

18.2

0.0

1.1

0.0

*

4.6

0.0

0.0

Food and Drug Administration

375.7

214.6

13.1

0.0

65.1

0.0

31.1

0.0

49.4

2.4

Health Resources and Services Administration

41.1

4.0

0.0

0.0

23.1

0.0

12.4

0.0

1.6

0.0

National Institutes of Health

28,880.0

6,150.2

1,309.8

421.7

16,437.6

20.4

4,204.7

20.4

74.1

241.0

Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services

18.0

4.6

4.3

0.0

3.0

0.0

6.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

18.0

4.6

4.3

0.0

3.0

0.0

6.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

Department of Homeland Security

742.2

344.9

190.1

30.0

71.0

8.3

5.0

81.8

0.0

11.2

Domestic Nuclear Detection Office

71.3

0.0

30.5

14.1

13.2

5.9

1.0

6.2

0.0

0.3

Science and Technology Directorate

651.4

343.3

141.5

15.9

57.7

2.5

3.9

75.6

0.0

10.9

U.S. Coast Guard

19.6

1.6

18.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Department of Housing and Urban Development

58.5

39.3

12.3

0.0

1.1

0.0

5.7

0.0

*

0.0

Department of the Interior

800.1

691.8

17.4

0.0

59.2

0.0

5.3

0.0

26.0

0.2

Bureau of Land Management

16.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

16.4

0.0

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

50.4

33.5

8.6

0.0

6.6

0.0

0.2

0.0

1.5

0.0

Bureau of Reclamation

9.8

6.9

1.9

0.0

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

*

0.0

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

19.6

9.1

6.0

0.0

2.0

0.0

2.2

0.0

0.0

0.2

National Park Service

8.3

1.0

0.1

0.0

7.1

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

29.8

29.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

U.S. Geological Survey

665.8

611.5

0.9

0.0

42.5

0.0

2.8

0.0

8.1

0.0

Department of Justice

149.7

20.4

15.8

0.0

54.6

0.0

45.5

0.0

13.4

0.0

Bureau of Prisons

11.0

2.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

8.3

0.0

Federal Bureau of Investigation

12.9

12.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Office of Justice Programs

125.8

4.8

15.8

0.0

54.6

0.0

45.5

0.0

5.1

0.0

Department of Labor

14.2

5.6

8.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Employee Benefits Security Administration

6.5

1.5

5.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

3.4

3.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.

4.3

0.8

3.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Department of State

2.0

2.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Department of Transportation

855.6

231.1

237.8

0.2

80.4

0.0

47.6

67.2

190.4

0.9

Federal Aviation Administration

313.4

91.0

100.5

0.0

32.1

0.0

22.8

66.9

0.0

0.0

Federal Highway Administration

313.0

87.2

55.4

0.2

23.2

0.0

8.7

0.3

137.9

0.0

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

7.6

2.6

2.0

0.0

1.9

0.0

1.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

Federal Railroad Administration

44.2

9.1

23.5

0.0

9.6

0.0

1.3

0.0

0.0

0.6

Federal Transit Administration

81.7

0.0

12.5

0.0

7.4

0.0

9.4

0.0

52.5

0.0

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

62.5

25.0

33.4

0.0

4.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Office of the Secretary of Transportation

11.5

9.9

1.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

21.8

6.1

9.0

0.0

2.0

0.0

4.3

0.0

0.0

0.3

Department of the Treasury

73.1

70.0

2.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.0

*

Bureau of Engraving and Printing

9.5

9.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Internal Revenue Service

63.6

60.6

2.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.0

U.S. Mint

*

0.0

*

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

*

Department of Veterans Affairs

661.6

661.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other agencies

Agency for International Development

212.2

10.9

32.2

0.0

50.0

0.0

34.2

0.0

0.0

84.9

Appalachian Regional Commission

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

*

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

Consumer Product Safety Commission

2.0

2.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Environmental Protection Agency

515.6

260.7

185.6

0.5

68.0

0.6

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.2

Federal Communications Commission

4.8

4.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Federal Trade Commission

1.9

1.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Library of Congress

1.3

1.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

11,360.7

1,818.3

6,758.4

1.0

979.9

1,362.3

399.0

21.6

3.8

16.5

National Archives and Records Administration

0.7

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

National Science Foundation

5,669.7

89.8

412.3

0.0

4,510.7

220.5

393.5

5.1

15.8

22.0

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

91.9

38.3

9.2

13.1

4.1

3.9

0.7

18.2

0.0

4.5

Smithsonian Institution

195.7

195.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Social Security Administration

58.9

26.3

20.2

0.0

5.6

0.0

6.8

0.0

0.0

0.1

* = amount greater than $0 but less than $50,000.

FFRDC = federally funded research and development center.

a Intramural activities cover costs associated with the administration of intramural and extramural programs by federal personnel as well as actual intramural performance.

NOTES: Because of rounding, detail may not add to total. Only those agencies and subdivisions that had obligations in variables represented by this table appear in the table. See technical table A-2 for additional notes associated with the agencies listed in this table.

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development, FYs 2015–17.